Wet Ivy

Deep into summer
July green sky,
dark clouds late afternoon
wet ivy under the canopy
up the two-story elm
clinging, climbing
wet, deep forest green
jarring my eyes
tropical
banana leaves
in the lush rainforest
exotic, wet ivy

July 9, 2009 and July 10, 2009
July 8, 2009 on Pembroke Street,
near the intersection of Pembroke and Broadway,
Pembroke, NH